Can't see (LaTex?) equations using google Chrome

So... All that stuff with {}{}{} around it, is supposed to look nice? And here I've been trying to learn to read it like a new syntax. (Which I guess it is.) But I hear it's supposed to look like nice stuff, and I needn't be translating it via my head. I'm using google chrome, and have java script enabled. What else is necessary to see this the way it's intended?

So... All that stuff with {}{}{} around it, is supposed to look nice? And here I've been trying to learn to read it like a new syntax. (Which I guess it is.) But I hear it's supposed to look like nice stuff, and I needn't be translating it via my head. I'm using google chrome, and have java script enabled. What else is necessary to see this the way it's intended?

I did check out that page and I honestly did try to find an answer in the other threads but I couldn't. Sorry if I missed it. That's where I figured enabling java would fix things, but it didn't, and I didn't see anything else to try.

When I put \int_{0}^{\infty}\mbox{erf}^2(\sqrt{x})\exp(-x)dx into the test page (and press enter), nothing changes.

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I did check out that page and I honestly did try to find an answer in the other threads but I couldn't. Sorry if I missed it. That's where I figured enabling java would fix things, but it didn't, and I didn't see anything else to try.

When I put \int_{0}^{\infty}\mbox{erf}^2(\sqrt{x})\exp(-x)dx into the test page (and press enter), nothing changes.

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Well shoot. I know there was a problem with converting from our old latex to the new mathjax format and I thought someone had found a solution.

I did check out that page and I honestly did try to find an answer in the other threads but I couldn't. Sorry if I missed it. That's where I figured enabling java would fix things, but it didn't, and I didn't see anything else to try.

When I put \int_{0}^{\infty}\mbox{erf}^2(\sqrt{x})\exp(-x)dx into the test page (and press enter), nothing changes.

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The Enter key doesn't do anything. You have to click outside the box. Also, it's javascript that needs to be enabled, not java, but maybe that's what you meant.

You don't need tex or itex tags on that test page, but you need them in forum posts.

Okay, I poured over that whole thread. I went to this link: https://www.physicsforums.com/mathjax/mjp.html and I could see the quadratic formula nicely. Clicking outside the box on the other test page didn't change anything. Adding [ tex ] [ /tex ] without the spaces didn't change it either, but maybe that's my fault. Yes, I meant java script, and that brings up a point; I'm not savy to the lingo (latex, itex, tex tags, etc). I'm not supposed to download mathjax, am I? I'm clueless here, I really need help. Self exploration is getting me no results. I'm not trying to type this stuff, that can come another day. I just want to see it properly. Curly brackets everywhere I look.......

You don't need to download anything. It should work in any browser with javascript enabled. (For example, you should see an integral sign (and more) in Redbelly98's post above). Does it work when you use another browser? (You should try it even if you don't want to switch, just so we can rule out some theories about why this doesn't work for you).